A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.